Monday, April 9, 2018

Teeuh Hatches

Celeste scooped her up and set out for Longbark. Alvita and Nacea were already there with two great baskets of silk. Before long, Nastea the Damned Baby was hanging from one of Longbark's great limbs in a snug cocoon covered over with leaves. And so began the long communion between the oldest and wisest magical tree and the three most powerful mother Fairies alive. After seven days and seven nights they went to their beds. There was nothing more for to done. The unmaking of Nasteuh had begun.

Snow melted, trickling everywhere in the bright February sun. Far above, a raven croaked. Jays and chickadees called. Bound to one of Longbark's great branches, a leafy cocoon larger than any hornet's nest began having twitches. Soon, it was rocking from side to side as a lime green split suddenly ran down its side. A pair of titmice flit away to a nearby tree, as a young woman pushed out of the cocoon like a wad of wet lettuce.

She climbed onto the outside and held fast throughout the afternoon as her wings unfolded and her thigh length cascades of dark green hair dried and fell free to stir in the hushed air. As the sun westered to the far rim of the crater, her great luna moth wings now felt flat and firm and she opened her emerald eyes and slipped to the ground.

Celeste, Nacea, Alvita and Rodon were sitting at the board having salsify soup when she appeared. Celeste looked up with a gasp at the only winged Fairy she had ever seen and dropped her spoon into her soup. "A!" chorused everyone, "the Dampned Babi!"

The gorgeous Fairy held out her arms. "Mamas," she said with her smile of wee shark teeth.

Teeuh is a character from our Heart of the Staff, epic fantasy series, which takes place in
medieval times. Since fairies are eternal beings, this is no problem. Wham! is set in the same fictional world
the Heart of the Staff series inhabited, albeit in the 21st century.
The above excerpt was taken from The
Reaper Witch, Book 5, Heart of the
Staff series.

In Wham! Teeuh travels
the fairy paths with Daniel, the young elf wizard, to take Tess Greenwood back
into the past at the request of her grandfather, Meri Greenwood. Teeuh and
Daniel both become major supporting characters from this time onward, and aid
Tess in her quest to save the future of her world.